Q6600 now or Q9450 in 2 months time?

[steve258]

As titled I fancy a quad core but wondering if it's worth waiting till March for the Q9450? Or am I better off getting a 2nd hand Q6600 off MM? Any indication of UK prices for these bad boys?

 

[steve258]

What's the max multi on the 9450? 8x? Unless you can get a really good FSB, the Q6600 (G0) is still prolly a better bet for 4GHz (if you're going that far). Not many mobos will do that.

Yeah it has 8 multi, I'm not looking for 4Ghz oc so it should be ok FSB wise. Definately won't get it if it's closer to £300 though!!

 

[steve258]

hmm ok so looks like people with Q6600 already are not missing out much then.

 

[steve258]

Q9300 then surely?

I read from Wiki that the Q9300 has 2x 3Mb L2 cache so that's half of what Q9450 has, but then the chart above shows it has full 2x 6Mb so I don't know which is true.